Fishing device.



No. 830,404. PATENTED SEPT. 4, 1906. E. & B. 11. BARNES.

FISHING DEVICE.

APPLIOATION IILED PERM, 1906.

@ZMw K 3% UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWIN BARNES AND BARNEY DACK BARNES, OF OORSICANA, TEXA S. 1 FI SHING DEVICE.

I Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 4, 1906.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, EDWIN BARNES and BARNEY DACK BARNES, citizens of the United States of America, residing at Corsicana, in the county of Navarro and State of Texas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Fishing Devices, of which the following is a specificatlon.

This invention relates to im rovements in fishing devices, and articular y to artificial bait for surface or ee water trolling, the object of the invention ein to provide asimple and effective construction of fishing device of this character having a revoluble ody or tube peculiarly constructed to provide spiral flan es or portions adapted to be acted upon by t e water as the trolling device is manipulated therein to impart revoluble motion to said body and adapt it to form an effective lure. I

- A further object is to provide a construction whereby the body maybe easily and conveniently formed from wood and rapidly manufactured by woodworking appliances in common use, thus chea enin the cost of roduction over devices 0 the ore em loyed.

A stil further object is to provide a novel mode of mounting the revoluble body so as to adapt it at all times 'to have free revoluble movement and prevent excessive wear 'nd heretothereon.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a trolling device embodyingour invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section thereof. Fig.3 is a cross-section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

Referrin now more particularly to the drawings, t e numeral 1 designates a supporting-rod provided at its ends with eyes 2 and 3 for the respective attachment of the line and the usual gang of hooks 4 thereto. Arranged to revolveupon the rod between the eyes 2 to have free passage theret body upon the same being drawn or trolled through the water. The oove 7 forms an entrance-space commumcating with the grooves between the walls of the flanges and the reduced portions to permit the water rough and prevent the formation, of any cross-currents, which would tend to prevent free rotary motion of the body.

' The formation of the body,is such as to adapt it to be readily made of wood or other similar cheap material and turned on a lathe or other woodworking-tool, thus chea ening the process of manufacture over simiFar devices constructed of metal or having a continuous spiral groove or applied spiral flanges. The bore 11 of the bod ,through which the rod 1 extends, is provi ed at its ends with counterboresor recesses 12, receiving metallic bearin tubes or sleeves 13, which contact with t e rod, and thus form bearings for the body, which bearings hold the body roperly centered upon the rod and relieve the same from the wear and excessive-friction which would be produced if the walls of the bore 11 COltfiCliGd throughout their length with the ro In practice the body 5 is varnished or coated With a waterproof paint and striped in a dark color or colors, asindicated at 14, to impart an attractive ap earance thereto, and the outer faces of the fianges rovided with a longitudinal strip 15 of tin-foi or with a stripe of white or silvery shade, so that asthe said body revolves in the water the surface thereof will present the .effect of a quickly ap earing and disappearing flash or streak of si very white and stripes in alternation, thus simulating the action of a live bait rapidly swimming in the water, and consequently providing an attractive lure.

The reduced neck portion 6 increases the effective bearin lengthof the body on the .rod 1 and provi es a portion for the formation of the groove 7 to facilitate the division of the'water and its passage to the spiral flanges, so that an ease of action will be secured to cause the body to revolve at a highly rapid speed.

The hooks 4 are preferably mounted upon a common shankhaving an eye 16 to pivotally enga e the eye 3, thus permitting the hooks to have a pivotal action to reduce re-' sistance to the movement of the device through the water and the liability of the escape of'the fish when a strike is made. Live bait may be used on the hooks, if desired.

Having thus described the invention, what is, claime as new is 1. A trolling) device compgising a support carrying one or more hoo and having a ear-shaped body revolubly mounted, said body being provided at its enlarged end with an elongated neck havin a surrounding groove and formed in rear 0 said groove with concavities providin a pair of reversely-extending spiral prope ling-flanges, the spaces between said flanges commumcating at theirforward ends with said groove. I

2. In a trolling device, a sup orting-rod, and a revoluble body mounted thereon, said body being cut away at opposite sides to provide alternately-arranged reduced and enlarged portions, the edges of the enlarged portions forming a pair oi reversely-extendmg propelling-flanges.

3. In a trolling device, a sup orting-rod provided with terminal eyes, hoo connected with one of the eyes, a bodyrevolubly mounted upon the rod between the eyes, said body being cut away to provide spiral propellingfianges and havin a bore for the passage of the rod, said bore ein formed with enlargements at its ends, and caring-sleeves inserted in said enlargements and engaging the rod.

In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

EDWIN BARNES. BARNEY DACK BARNES.

Witnesses E. OLIN CALL, M. M. RAY. 

